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great adventure Crow, makes me miss the South Island, those little jelly fish look like blue bottles ( Portuguese man o war ) little ones aren't to bad but the bigger ones can give you a real nasty...
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great adventure Crow, makes me miss the South Island, those little jelly fish look like blue bottles ( Portuguese man o war ) little ones aren't to bad but the bigger ones can give you a real nasty...
Great write up with Pics to match , Glad you got to see a fair bit of our area , you certainly did some miles under paddle power. Its also interesting to see how others view your own area, I think it...
canoe looks great , you'll get used to the balance quickly , and for when you don't ,you could chuck a foam pad on the bottom for your knees and rest your backside on the edge of the seat, it lowers...
Mike you have probably seen some of the build blogs on here, if you haven't just search for raven in self build section , there are some great builds , with plenty of photos and advice from whoa to...
What they said !
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That 's my screen saver now Crow , nice photo, love that rain on the Lake
looking forward to seeing your next...
Nice vids Mat, the river rawthey one is great , you probably have been asked else where , what camera do you use ( for basic not to high def for quick load times , would basic go pro be good ) , does...
Crow , youre right there are plenty of songs of the paddle in Maori , we used to sing this one at primary school
Hoea te waka e tama ma
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Great Blog , Crow , with some beautiful photos. We lived just twenty minutes drive from Mahurangi park so I know the area well , spent many days paddling and sailing around there.
Don't know how...
Speleoant, I'm sorry to hear you have such un-savory knobs that interupt your peaceful, non polluting drift down the river . i've never encountered anything like that out here in NZ , but I have seen...
If these guys come to NZ I'm goin to that concert !
Great story Fiona.
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my story is also from Auckland NZ , not to many years into my job in the fire service ( but many years ago now ), our crew was called to assist with removing a...
And I just had to put this on , Classic Conchords
Nice song by one of Nzs top singer song writers , dave Dobbyn with Bic Runga and Tim Finn , 'Just add water "
Bic Runga , Listening for the...
Just had to put the full version of this on again as the previous version was removed , if you like flight of the conchords , the full kids interviews are really worth watching
hilarious stuff
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Marcus I see a bit of Kiwi music in some of your posts, Salmonella Dub , Fat Freddys Drop
latest song from Flight of the Conchords , with a bit of help from some other NZ singers and some...
You may like to have a look at these , a lot of river guides use these out here , there may be a supplier in UK , They are pretty good for canyoning type sports , canoeing etc.
Here is a bit of advice from george w Sears who wrote a book called woodcraft and camping in 1800s , book is cheap and still available on amazon, and there is an online edition if you follow the...


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The Eldritch Heroes Player's Handbook is almost complete!
I know I must look crazy.
The doubters have easy ammunition:
The competition is big.
The big game companies are established and have historically had an unassailable iron grip on the pen-and-paper roleplaying market, even when the products themselves have had sub-par editions.
One of the games I'm up against is a descendant (in name, at least) of the game that basically invented the tabletop RPG. It's a name that's so ubiquitous and grandfatherly that I don't have to say it for you to know what I'm talking about.
I don't have a huge budget. Or a particularly slick presentation.
A "little guy" can't compete.
I'm breaking in a system that uses some of the tabletop RPG conventions: dice, initiative rolls, magic, monsters, etc. but isn't a rehash of someone else's system. The accepted logic is that gamers are comfortable, complacent, and resistant to change.
I disagree.
My Skills & Talents system starts with a setting that combines high fantasy and eldritch weirdness in a unique way.
Many other settings are on the way, with a similar approach: Superheroes, dimension-hopping, space opera, other fantasy settings, modern-day supernatural, and more — and the system is designed to integrate these settings and new rules seamlessly, allowing for easy crossover.
It plays fast and as simple or complex as your group wants, using conventions that feel familiar with a new rules system that makes sense.
The artwork covers the subject material, but with a refreshing take. It sets the mood and builds intrigue.
The math works.
It's a polished, professional game developed over many years.
And, most importantly, it's a lot of fun!!!
Imagine playing a medieval fantasy sorcerer who summons surreal creatures from unknown dream realms, warping just a little with every magical effect. Or a warrior who hurls sand into an opponent's eyes, and then closes in and throws elbows to the bridge of the nose. Or an escaped insectoid slave, teaming with adventurers to find a lost queen egg with dreams of reviving the hive of your race. Or an acrobat with a mysterious sigil on her forehead and a twisted destiny that haunts her every decision. Or… anything you can dream of.
Did I mention that it's a lot of fun?
And it's easy for new people to learn quickly and get into, so any group of friends can be brought together to play.
The Kickstarter is going to launch fairly soon. The rules system is almost fully transcribed, the artwork is in place, I'm laying the groundwork for people to talk about it, and me and some friends start shooting the project video on Thursday.
I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I have enjoyed creating it!


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They are not only a porn genre. They exist. There is a whole world out there which you might not know much about. The world of group sex and orgies. It might happen in your neighborhood. And it might be way cooler, sexier and classier that you could ever imagine.
Sharing sexual encounters is beautiful. And it certainly doesn't have to be limited to one partner. In fact many couples in normal or "closed" relationships participate in group sexual activities. It's often referred to as "swinging", but I'm not a big fan of this term. Probably because some part of me has been traumatized by sleazy TV documentaries. However, it doesn't hurt to be somewhat at peace with that term, because it'll pop up in that context over and over again.
So yeah, sharing sexual encounters is beautiful. So why not open up this intimate space for a larger group of people. The more the merrier, right? Right!! At least if you're doing it right. Let's have a look at how to do it right. Therefore having as much joy as possible, and hurting as few people as possible. Ideally hurting no one at all.
Signs that opening up your bedroom to others might not be a good idea
You don't both want it
First of all, if you want to explore group sex activities as a couple, it's important that you both want it. While that sounds like common sense, I have met a lot of couples on this path where one partner wasn't really interested in this at all. Typically it's the man who initiates it and the woman is dragged along, but I've also seen it the other way around.
So only proceed if both of you have the desire to, well let's say it: fuck other people. And only go deeper with people where you have the impression that they are both into this as well. Trust me, abort immediately if someone isn't, or doesn't seem to be, into it. A very simple rule. But not following it can destroy relationships.
You're not in great relationship shape
The second requirement is that you are in a stable condition as a couple. You have to be in a space where you can communicate well, and you have to have a great time together. It's ok if the sexual aspect needs a bit of fire – that's where group sex can help a lot. But it's not ok if you don't trust each other, don't love each other, or can't talk to each other about your emotions. You'll notice that the power of group sex activities is enormous, and you don't want that power to affect you negatively. Be in a great space when doing such things!
Things that sound like a downer, but aren't
Now, there are some situations which one might think do not suggest good conditions to be in for getting into group sex, but they actually can be. These work if the previous two requirements (you both want it and your relationship is stable) are being fulfilled. Group sex can be really great for you as a couple if:
- One or both have none or little sexual experience with others. It can be amazing to gain more confidence and expand your or your partner's sexual horizons together. If one of you has less experience than the other, it feels like catching up a bit and creates equality.
- Your sex as a couple has become a bit boring over time and you could do with some inspiration. Group sex is guaranteed to help you with that. The intimate sex between a couple after "swinging" is known to be the best ever. Such passion!
- He thinks his penis is too small. It probably isn't. Let him check other dudes' penises, and he'll see that not everyone is hung like a porn star.
- She thinks she's not beautiful enough. She is! Let her be admired by other men, and she'll recognize that she is sexy and attractive.
As you can see, many of those aspects are about a lack of self confidence. While the last two sound especially super superficial, having issues around them can be a major roadblock in life. Group sex can be a true booster of self confidence. If you ever happen to be at a party where many experienced swingers are present (I'm talking about normal parties, where they stay dressed), you'll see what I'm talking about. Those people's self-confidence is going through the roof!
Where to find the people that are up for it?
Well, of course you need other people to do it with. And counter-intuitively to what your recent drunken night out ideas might have been: asking your friends might not be the best idea. If something gets awkward or dramatic, the friendship might go down the drain. Not recommended!
And after all, there's the internet. And it seems to be made for connecting people with similar interests. So there are amazing platforms out there, which make it rather easy for couples to connect to other couples. Here's a selection – but of course it depends a lot where you are in the world:
Note: many of these platforms charge a fee for certain interactions. It can be worth it. But opt in for a short plan in the beginning, to figure out if it is what you want, and if it offers you what you are looking for. I personally have paid for several of the above-mentioned sites, and the experiences I had via them were worth more than a thousand times the money I spent. They were just wonderful!
What to look for?
When you are looking to mate with others as a couple, you can generally distinguish between:
- Meeting another individual/couple/group privately
- Going to some sort of party/event
The most drama-free experience of those is usually meeting another couple privately. That's also my and my partner's personal favorite. It's more intimate, more communicative, and more magical than parties. And it's more balanced than meeting with an individual, even though I wish everyone would experience a threesome – it would make the world a better place!
A general rule that we follow is that there is a non-sexual meeting in a neutral space first. Having a coffee together, then everyone going home and feeling a bit more into it. If everyone (that would be all four people!) is inspired, it's quite common to already get a bit more naughty at the second meeting. But of course you can make your own rules according to your boundaries. No one expects you to do anything. Just be transparent with your desires, fantasies and fears.
Parties and events are interesting too, and funnily enough some people are more within their comfort zone than with private encounters. That's not the case for me – it took me a while to be open to the party idea.
If you choose to go to a party as a couple, make sure that it's a couples and single ladies only party. There are also "curated" parties where you can meet "selected" (read: hot) people in your age group. Just assuming that you want to avoid overweight masturbating single men.
What's next?
If it's your desire to experience sexual group activities, talk to your partner about it. If both of you are interested, check out the platforms mentioned above and feel a bit more into it. Are those people interesting to you? Sometimes you have to filter out quite a lot.
Connect with the people you like. It definitely helps if you imagine getting along with them outside of bed. Keep your standards high, even though it takes a bit more time!
Arrange a clearly non-sexual meeting first. That's super important if you're new to this.
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Boys and girls, enjoy this outstanding beauty! Her name is Ellis Attard and she comes from Greenwich (London), she is 20 years old, 170 cm x 51 kg weight. Her measures? 30F-24-32! The following photos are her very first in topless/handbra and Ellis admitted to feel very comfortable showing her nude big breasts, which are making their part in this successful begin of career. "It has been an unexpected success for me, but I am already looking forward to it. My admirers always tell me that I am very similar to Joey Fisher!". For the next weeks Ellis has planned to pose for Daily Star and Zoo Magazine, but she declared that she would never pose 100% nude: "I'd do only topless and implied nude pics, no full frontals. But my dream is to take a lot of photoshoots for the most popular magazines".
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Unfortunately foxes usually only live for one or two years in captivity due to their sole predators, humans. However, foxes that are left alone have been known to survive up to nine years. Many foxes are raised on factory farms and are stuffed into tiny, filthy, wire cages where they live for a few years in poor conditions until they are later killed to make products like clothing.
Other foxes living in the wild are often caught in steel trap jaws that crush their legs. Trappers arrive and take them to the factory farms to kill them to make into fur, or beat them to death right there on the spot. Fox fur is often found on coats, cuffs, collars, trim, etc. As if this isn't bad enough, others are often hunted by hunting dogs for sport. The dogs chase them up a tree and then tear them apart once they get a hold of them.


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For 2017 and until 2019, the new event, called "Inspire Project", is addressed to young artists and audiences to promote the contemporary way of producing artworks within the workshop. The artistic workshop for 2017 for 20 young artists began on Friday, July 7, with the participation of guest artist Ruthi Helbitz Cohen, who presents her work in Greece for the first time.
The first "Inspire Project" edition is based on the atmosphere that the Helbitz Cohen's work reflects; magic and intimacy, myth and psychoanalysis. The artistic work will be approached as the space that redefines the dimensions of time and place. Symbols and images, the layers of time in space, will be used as tools for decoding "a deed without a name,", that reminds us the witches answer to Macbeth's question.
Ruthi Helbitz Cohen (born 1969, Israel) has presented her work at several solo exhibitions in Israel, Germany, the Netherlands, China and has participated in many group exhibitions. She has been teaching Fine Arts and Painting at the Oranim Academy of Art since 2003. She has worked for two years (2012-2014) as a coordinator of Fine Arts workshops. Today, she is conducting a new curriculum in painting through interdisciplinary scientific studies of the humanities and arts for advanced students in the direction of developing a visual and personal language. The artist participates in artistic activities for the community as well as in the "Art piece (peace) project" where artists from conflict regions meet.
For more information: http://www.mmca.org.gr
|Dates: 13/07/2017 – 17/09-2017 Where: Thessaloniki Venue: Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, 154, Egnatias str. Op. Hours: : Thurdsay 10:00 -18:00, Friday 10:00-18:00, Saturday 10.00-18.00, Sunday 11:00-15:00. For more information: http://www.mmca.org.gr
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"Introduction to FINRA Arbitrations – A View From Both Sides of the Bar."
In December 2012, partner Dawn Evans presented the plaintiffs' perspective on FINRA stock fraud arbitrations at a Continuing Legal Education seminar sponsored by the Birmingham Bar Association. Her materials are available here. For more information about stock broker-dealer arbitrations, contact Dawn Evans


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This weekend I got a call from my cousin. Her in-laws were flying to Germany, and considering how well I did last time, they were hoping I could book their tickets for them.
Tickets were not cheap and the best I could do was an Air Berlin flight at $1,180. In the end, four people ended up booking, for a total cost of about $4,720. Since I used my American Express Business Gold Rewards card, I earned over 14,000 points just from booking the tickets. Not bad, considering my grand total expense of $0.
I also purchased $3,000 in MoneyPaks from RiteAid, netting me 1,500 points. I reloaded three Amex for Target cards for a total of 2,500 points, finished up a 1,000 point search session with the Hawaiian Miles Toolbar, and picked up 2,500 points by ordering a $2,500 Wells Fargo prepaid card. Grand total: 21,500 points.
I need to earn at least 40,000 points each month in order to meet my target of 500,000 miles by June 2013. This got me almost half-way there. These activities alone aren't enough to generate 40,000 points per month, so if you are interested in substantially bumping your point balance the easy way, here are a few suggestions:
- Check promotions, offers, and free points for each loyalty program.
- Open a brokerage account. Fidelity is currently offering 10,000-50,000 miles for opening a brokerage account. They have partnered with American Airlines, Delta, and United. You can open one of these accounts every 12 months. In the past, I was able to open more than one account and redeposit the same amount until it added up to $100,000. This option is no longer available.
- Get a mileage checking account. Bank Direct and Citi both offer lucrative sign-up bonuses. Be aware that Citi may send you a 1099 at the end of the year for the value of the points. Read about how to dispute the value of miles listed on this document.
I currently have a Bank Direct mileage checking account. While the bank is totally outdated in terms of its online system, it does earn me a decent amount of miles each year.
I earned 1,000 AAdvantage miles for joining; 1,000 miles for signing up with a referral; 10,000 for using direct deposit; 5,000 miles for using my check card for 3 months; an additional 5,000 miles once I complete 12 months of bill pay in June; and 100 miles per month for every $1,000 I keep in the account.
The account has a monthly fee of $12, so I don't recommend opening an account unless you are earning at least 1,200 miles per month. If you would like to earn an additional 1,000 miles by signing up with a referral, please feel free to email me at ariana at pointchaser.com. I will also earn 1,000 points if you decide to open an account.
- Have an app party. While I'm not comfortable with the idea of opening and closing lots of accounts just for the miles, many in the points and miles community do this without any problems. I personally like to get credit cards that are going to benefit me in the long term. I recommend getting cards that come with a high sign-up bonus and that help you maximize your earnings on everyday spending.
What are your point earning goals, and what is your strategy for achieving them?
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One of the greatest bits of business inspiration I've received (from a very successful person) is this:
"If you're only putting PERFECTION out into the world, you're doing it wrong."
In other words, *put stuff out into the world imperfectly!*
Because the need for your offering to be PERFECT will only hold you back. It will delay your dream. It will prevent you from taking action. It may even lead to no action at all.
You all know what I'm talking about, right?
So whether it's your writing, your artwork, your work proposals, your business ideas, your handmade goods, your dance moves, your applications for degrees, your invitations to potential friends or lovers….
Remind yourself that you are worthy enough as you are.
And even if you are rejected, that's never the end of the world.
Because your worth isn't based on other people or circumstances, anyway.
And, you can always try again.
Undoubtedly the next time will be better than the last.
Rejection and failure is a REQUIREMENT for success.
So, our site is pretty dang good, right? But want to know something? Ever since the launch, we've been working out some glitches, adjusting the mobile format, and reworking our About page. We even made a mistake and accidentally sent THREE of our 10-day emails in one day. oops! We also hired an editor to do grammar checks and launched without a couple of huge BRAND NEW pages that will be added very soon.
You could say I'm feeling proud of us for just going for it!!!
Anyway, I hope we can all feel brave enough to just put ourselves out there in bigger ways.
Me: I've got to get a handle on making more videos for you all. The biggest obstacle is I'm normally not all "put together" down in Ecuador on our work days. But I'm guessing you won't care.
How about you? Tell me now one thing that you think you could launch IMPERFECTLY. We've got this!
(photo: no make-up and crazy hair from outside our knitting co-op. If all goes well, you'll get to sport this lux alpaca sweater for fall! 🙂


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It's September! holidays over, kids back to school, I always see it as the 'business new year'. We've hopefully had some time to forget about the business but now it's time to lay down plans for improving your business. We should also be thinking about how we can improve and support ourselves, after all as business owners we're driving the bus.
I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences. Margaret J. Wheatley
This is what I've done with the Power of Seven. Created a special space for a group of like minded business owners to meet in absolute confidence to share challenges and support one another to be more successful in business and life. A community of business owners helping each other.
I'm sure you've thought at one time or another of getting a coach. The challenge often is finding the right coach, and this can be difficult and maybe a bit of a gamble, so it might be the reason you haven't got one.
The Power of Seven is almost like having seven coaches at the same time, the difference is they all own a business just like you, and so can listen and talk from that place of trials and tribulations.
Why not drop me a line now to see if there is a group starting soon that would suit you and vice versa, or simply to find out more and request a brochure.


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In MWC, Nokia finally officially announced the The Lumia series mobile phone will enter China in April.
This is an indeed exciting news.
For entering China, Nokia and Microsoft have prepared a long time, now it is the time to show off.
Nokia did not announce which Lumia will be bring into China, but has confirmed that Lumia will launch WCDMA and CDMA version, so Nokia is likely to cooperate with China Telecomand China Unicom.
At last, the Chinese market place for Windows Phone open today at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/zh-CN/


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Combine the apple, vinegar and honey. Finely chop the curly kale leaves. Whip the cream lightly and combine with the cottage cheese, cowberry jam, salt and pepper. Combine the apples, cabbage and dressing and stir well. Season to taste.Toasted pumpkin seeds
Melt the butter in a frying pan and toast the pumpkin seeds for approx. 3 min. until golden. Sprinkle with sea salt, then drain on absorbant paper.
Arrange the curly kale salad in a large dish and sprinkle with the pumpkin seeds and cowberries.


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I think one of the most inherently evil inventions of mankind is Snapchat.
If you're not familiar with it....it's an app that allows you to send pictures and videos to other accounts (similar to Facebook or Instagram), but the images and videos self-delete a few seconds after you view them. There's no record or trace of the image or video...poof, and it's gone.
Parents of teens: if this app is on your kid's phone, MAKE THEM DELETE IT. Nothing good can come out of it!!! Use Facebook or Instagram if they want a social media outlet. It's downright dangerous.
Snapchat is the absolute bane of my existence as a school administrator, and it can't possibly serve any good in society. I have had to investigate MULTIPLE reports of cyber bullying, drug use, and MUCH worse on Snapchat, and unfortunately, I can't substantiate anything because there's no evidence. You can take a screenshot, but often it doesn't occur to the kid to do so before it deletes.
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Snapchat images aren't actually deleted after they expire. I'm not a forensics guru, but from what I recall from my limited overview of how it works, the file extensions are just changed to something that's not readily accessible.
(Akin to changing the .doc file extension of a word document on your PC to something else, so that Microsoft Word doesn't recognize it as a Word Document any more, but if you change the extension back to .doc, the document is again readable in Word.)
The Snapchat images and other data is still there on the phone, and can still be accessed with the correct software and know-how.
If these issues you're dealing with are criminal matters, get with your local police department. One of their computer forensics guys should be able to help recover the old Snapchat data, though they'll need either consent from the phone's owner (typically the parent) or a search warrant. Someone from your school district's IT department may even be able to help, if the parents are cooperative.
Here's an overview I found with a quick Google: https://en.softonic.com/articl...eted-snapchat-photos
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I typically work on these things with a police officer, and while we haven't had to deal with anything truly life-or-death, we can't go as deep into the tech side of things as I wish we could.
If you screen shot a picture from snapchat it will notify the sender you took a screen shot. Now snapchat added an option called "my eyes only". You can press and hold the picture and will give you the option to save the picture to a pin code protected folder. This does not notify the sender of the saved picture. Those nudes are out there forever.
There is no cure for stupidity, you either die from it or with it.
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I speak jive.
Any tool that facilities private communications between two or more parties is so much more of a good thing for people and the world than it is a problem that your concerns are essentially immeasurably irrelevant, as are the FBI's when they can't hack such and such, and so on. A cost of freedom, the simple ability to speak to someone privately. (gasp)
Your blaming of the tool itself is entirely off-base, and - participation / use of Snap Chat and FB/IG are entirely voluntary, and the recipients of those bad messages agreed to allow them. No one, via SnapChat or otherwise, can post crap to your FB/IG unless you let them (other than the ads FB themselves insert, but that's the sole exception).
Your problem is the same problem of most every high school ever - some kids are assholes or worse and some are crafty about it. Blame the kids, not the tool. You can't monitor their whispers, either, nor is there a record of the 10Millionth Your Mom joke or You're So Ugly or Tiny Dick joke said from one locker mate to another before or after gym class.
Your expectations here are off base, your ire misplaced. There *shouldn't* be a record of it, or any similar communication between folks, unless they explicitly want one, and folks in your position ought never have access to it in the first place. You're not working anti terror cases regarding rogue nations and suitcase nukes, it's kids, and typical kid shit.
Find another way to deal with your bad kids, beyond advocating shitty technological ideas / damning one of the few instances of modern communication technology that actually gets it right. Maybe parents and how the let their kids use their phones is the real issue. But one thing is certain, technology isn't the problem now nor has it ever been.
Sorry, it's not personal, it's about privacy and technology, and you're on the wrong side, asking for exactly the opposite of what the world needs. Outlawing SnapChat or private communications wouldn't do squat to stop 99.999999% of typical kid crap, anyway.
What's next, blaming guns, forks, etc? Come on...
You're wrong.
He's talking about adolescents. NOT adults, but kids.
And he's spot-on. Parents should insist that this shit is not on any of their kids' phones or computers.
When their kids grow up to adulthood then it's no longer the parents' responsibility. Until then, Snapchat is poison.
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I have absolutely ZERO understanding why phones or communication device is allowed at school or in the classroom for any reason.
We got busted for passing paper football notes.
It it very simple, no phones or texting capable devices allowed at school.
There is no need for them.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
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That ^^^^^ and...
Somebody long ago, in pre-Internet days, wrote something to the effect of "Calm down, it's just ones and zeros" in response to somebody getting their shorts all in a knot in a Usenet News forum.
I've never understood the entire "cyber bullying" concept. Just. Turn. It. Off. You can hardly be bullied if you don't see it. It would be like somebody standing on the other side of the country yelling insults at you. Who cares?
It's not Snapchat that's evil. What's evil is people thinking they're mind-melded to their mobile devices.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
"Whenever somebody uses 'liberal,' when what they really mean is 'leftist,' they immediately lose my attention." -- Me
Yep. Go out sometime to a restaurant or bar and watch people. I see it all the time.
Happened last night when the GF and me went to watch the Buckeyes game. Phones glued to their hands and eyes on their phone when there's a game going on.
See it when we go see a live band also. Great music playing and everyone's got their heads buried in their phone.
My phone stays in the glove box in the car.
I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.
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*shrug* My phone's with me all the time, except when I'm sleeping, in the shower, doing yard work or working out, because I like having a communications device with me at all times. My wife and I will sometimes mess with our mobile devices while we're waiting for an order at a sit-down restaurant. We also sometimes talk. Sometimes we do neither .
But you're right about some people being glued to them. Can't imagine having the phone out during a live event or a movie.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
"Whenever somebody uses 'liberal,' when what they really mean is 'leftist,' they immediately lose my attention." -- Me
My daughter (16) has Snapchat and all the other social media apps on her phone NUT the rules she has to follow are:
1) My wife and I ave to be "friends" with her on all accounts.
2) She cannot change the password to her phone or Apple ID (Find Mu iPhone)
3) If we text or call her then she MUST answer us within a reasonable amount of time and it has been explained to her that she has a phone for this reason, the rest is added value for her.
I am lucky, so far she has given us zero reason to not trust her.
finally , something more dangerous than a gun
Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency.
Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first
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Speaking from the Office of General Counsel of a very large public school system, I can assure you that when an app like Snapchat becomes a tool to facilitate any hostile behavior including sexual harassment or worse - distribution of child pornography - in our schools, it is a VERY serious issue and one we are obligated to address.
I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888
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Then you get parents screaming that they want to be able to contact their little daring "in an emergency."
There was a rule that students would lose their phones if we caught With their phone out. Supposedly a parent had to come to school to get the phone back. What happened was you had to get the phone to the office before the kid called mommy. She'd call the front office demanding the phone be given back.if you didn't have the phone to the office, it was your fault. A parent come in to pick up the phone? Oh hell no. The administrator would roll over and give the phone to the kid.
I seriously looked at buying a cellphone blocker.
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
― Samuel Adams
If you have enough in reference to the phone and Snapchat during an investigation get together with your SROs and have them write a search warrant and dump the phone. If the phone guru knows what he/she is doing you will find what you need.
Phones in the school are a pain in the butt. Had a couple lockdown/possible active shooter situations last year. The middle school, which is attatched by a long hallway and doors, to our local high school had no problems because they had a policy in which phones were in lockers or off. The high school no such rule. We were getting calls, texts, and postings continually and each one got more outrageous. But, we have to check into them all. As soon as it would settle down something else would pop up and start all over again. It came from the parents as well. I told my Lt. if this keeps up we will be chasing Soviet paratroopers around the parking lot like 1984's Red Dawn!!!
Our department talked to the school about the phone situation and their answer was that the students have a right to have their phones. Sorry. I would have to disagree.
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I disagree that SnapChat is evil. I.e. guns are evil. You cant have snapchat without a phone. Perhaps smart phones are evil? This is the same "think of the children narrative that is used against gun owners."
If snapchat wasnt there the kids would find a different way.
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That is not practical. The administrators will be turned into full-time cell phone police. Not even the parents would support such a rule, never mind the students. Cell phones are here to stay.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
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Sad but true. My second year as a SRO, my school decided to implement a "no cell phones in class" and "no backpacks in class" policy. Those lasted about 3 weeks before the administrators decided that it was untenable. The teachers and admins were spending way too much time dealing with phones and backpacks.
And that was nearly 10 years ago, when cell phones were (slightly) less common than now.
Heck, nowadays most of the schools in my area give the kids Chromebooks, complete with instant messaging and video chat abilities through Google apps. So even if the kids don't have their cell phones, they can still harass each other through their school-issued laptops.
It used to be phones would be taken away but that was when phones were free/cheap. Now when you have kids flaunting $500.00 + devices parents would have an unholy fit if teachers took them and then there would be the issue of accused damage.
At some point it has to start with teaching your own kid right from wrong...A really good, albeit tech challenged, friend called me a while back and asked me how much data I use each month knowing I have a teen girl. I told her and she was shocked it was so little...when I asked her how much they use the number was absurd. I sat down with her and told her that her daughter must be streaming a ton of content to eat that much up. Sure enough, she was and when they made her take apps of her phone and monitored her usage the issue cleared up immediately.
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It's simple... Your kid doesn't need a phone.
I lived without it when I was that age, so can they. Why does a 16 year old need a smart phone? If your worried about communication, get them a prepaid basic phone. If it's because "everyone else has one" then ok you are surrounded by them so you don't need one, if you need to call use your friends phone.
why do they need one in school? If there is an emergency you call the school and they get them a message, or you go to the school and get them.
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When choosing between using Solicitors and a Debt Collection company, you should always consider the cost implications. Today we experienced a classic example of a firm of Solicitors attempting to collect a debt for a client by taking the debtor through the County Court process. The debtor already had a string of County Court Judgements, hadn't filed accounts for years, had a compulsory striking off order against them from Companies House. Yet the Solicitors thought they could recover the debt. Yes they got the judgement………..a worthless piece of paper! An empty victory!
The only conclusion we could come to was that the Solicitor just failed to do their job properly. Did they research the credibility of the debtor before advising if this debt was going to be possible to collect or not. What they actually have done here is not only failed to collect the debt but they have run up a bill for the creditor of in excess of £3000.00.
To conclude the Creditor was owed £6000 plus to start with and now has lost a further £3000.00 as the due diligence was not carried out.
As a debt recovery company. The first thing we do is look at the debtor. Is this debt going to be collected, if we win a court case are we going to recover the money for our client. If the credibility of the debtor is so poor we would simply say put it down to experience and move on.
Solicitors or Debt Collection…………….
It's not rocket science…deal with the company that get paid on results!!………………DEBT COLLECTION every time.
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Grantville Gazette: Book 4: Ring Of Fire (Hardcover)
After the West Virginia town of Grantville was unceremoniously hurled back through time to the 1630s, the seventeenth century would never be the same.
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After the West Virginia town of Grantville was unceremoniously hurled back through time to the 1630s, the seventeenth century would never be the same.
Teenage capitalist girls have formed an investment group; a linotype operator, whose profession was wiped out by computers, finds a new life in an old century; a narrow gauge railroad, with a sit-down mower doubling as a locomotive, revolutionises military transportation; the proud tradition of the U.S. Marines is started ahead of schedule among downtime Europeans; and what will the master musicians and composers of the pre-Bach era make of heavy metal sounds?
On a more personal level, two young lovers celebrate Christmas in a strange land and time, a skilled blacksmith clashes with his guild, and a woman loses her husband in an industrial accident and decides to leave Grantville.
Plus factual articles on the problems of beginning an oil industry, building a machine gun, or starting up the manufacture of textiles centuries ahead of their time. All this and more in a new and absolutely indispensable volume for the many followers of the 1632 series.
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Nall is a minor character in Star Ocean: The Second Story. He is the mayor of Centropolis, and the chief politician of the entire Energy Nede. Though his past is not revealed, he apparently possesses a great deal of knowledge and information about the Ten Wise Men and history of Nede. He also seems to know Rena and her past, a fact never explained in the game.
I am the one who brought you here. My name is Nall, I serve as the Mayor of the Centropolis.
As the party is teleported to the outer Garden Paradise on Energy Nede, Nall calls out to them and ask Rena and her companions to enter the Teleporter located inside the garden. They are able to reach Nall's office in Centropolis, where Nall explains the history of the ancient Energy Nede and the Ten Wise Men. Nall believes that the alien powers combined with Rena's Nedian powers are the only hope to defeat the Ten Wise Men for good.
After the conversation is over, Mayor Nall sends the party to North City to acquire a Psynard. Since they fail to get North City's Psynard under control due to the presence of alien gene, Nall has them entering another teleporter leading to Noel Chandler's home where they are finally able to seize control of a Wild Psynard. The party can travel around entire Energy Nede since then, with Phynal as the only exception.
Nall informs the party that they need to visit Nede's Four Symbological Fields, in order to discover the true essence of Symbology and hone their skills for the battle against the Ten Wise Men. After this mission is accomplished, Nall leads them to Nede's military fort L'Aqua to prepare an assault on Phynal. Nonetheless, the initial strike proves to be a complete failure, Nall and the party are forced to retreat with Marianna seemingly sacrificing herself to fend off the ten Wise Men from pursuing them.
Realizing that appropriate weapons are necessary to destroy the Ten Wise Men's force shields, Nall leads Rena and companions to Armlock. Nall unlocks the sealed door leading to a teleporter that sends the party to Symbological Weapons Laboratory. It is where Rena learns about her past, and Nall is able to retrieve a disk containing data of forbidden research on anti-matter weapons.
With the superweapon blueprint discovered, Nall contacts Dr. Mirage, a brilliant weapon researcher residing in Armlock to build anti-matter weapons for the party. After obtaining the required LEA metal, Dr. Mirage is able to complete this mission successfully. Armed with newly acquired weapons, the party are able to defeat Zaphkiel, Jophiel and Metatron.
Nall and Mirage then help the party organize the final assault, and entrust the Symbol of Divinity to them and tells the party to use it in case the Ten Wise Men somehow manage to activate the Symbol of Annihilation. The party are able to kill all the wise men in the end, but Gabriel sets the Symbol of Annihilation to unleash upon his death. At this point, it becomes clear that there is no way to stop Symbol of Annihilation from being activated. The tower of Phynal immediately begins shaking, and the universe is on the verge of destruction.
At this very moment, Nall and Mirage arrive and urge Rena to use Symbol of Divinity. The universe is saved, but Energy Nede is destroyed as the effect of Symbol of Annihilation must be diverted somewhere. Nall and Mirage manage to bring Expel back from the time right before it is destroyed, and teleport the party away from Energy Nede so that they can continue to live. The two are killed as Energy Nede is completely erased due to the effect of Symbol of Annihilation.


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Police Discretion
Police Discretion
Discretion, uncertainly, and inefficiently are rampant and essential in criminal justice. Nobody expects perfection. That would neither be good nor fair. Justice is a sporting event in which playing fair is more important than winning. Law enactment, enforcement, and administration all involve trading off the possibility of perfect outcomes for security against the worst outcomes. Policing is the most visible part of this: employees on the bottom have more discretion than employees on the top.
Philosophers such as Ronald Dworkin and H.L.A. Hart have referred to discretion as "the hole in the doughnut" (doughnut theory of discretion) and "where the law runs out" (natural law theory). In perspective, discretion is the empty area in the middle of a ring consisting of policies and procedures. And remember Davis' definition - the making of choices from among a number of alternatives? The freedom of being able to make choices is called a strong sense of discretion. In the weaker sense we would consider cases in which not only the rules don't apply, but the officer makes individualized judgments. In both sense, it's the problem of loose definition.
Some discretion terms may be helpful to analyze. Discretion-as-judgmentdiscretion is the opposite of routine and habitual obedience. It brings knowledge, skill, and insight to bear in unpredictable ways. Police are not solders who must blindly follow orders. Police must be more than competent than applying the rules; they must adapt those rules to local circumstances in a rule-bound way. Discretion-as-choicediscretion is not just a matter of realizing when you're in the hole of the doughnut, or a "grey area". It involves making personal contributions, judgment calls, exercising autonomy, and individual solutions. It's about the courage to make your own decisions, to have personal input, following your conscience, even if those decisions are reversed later by a superior. Discretion-by-discernmentdiscretion is not just about making "safe" choices, or being "soft". It's about making good, virtuous choices by habit or the wisdom that comes from age. Prudence, foresight, the ability to size up people, arguments, and situations. Tactfulness, tolerance, empathy, and being discreet are all forms of discernment. Discretion-as-libertydiscretion is not where the law ends, nor is it the same as intellectually deriving principles from rules. It's about permission to act as a free and equal agent, and using that permission in extending the rights and duties of office toward a vision of liberty, inalienable rights, and the kinds of things that no majority, rule, or principle can ever take away. Discretion-as-licensediscretion is the opposite of standard expectations. It's the privilege to go against the rules, disobey your superiors, be less than optimal or perfect all the time, all without degenerating the rules or eroding the trust between you, your superiors, or the public. License involves a sense of accountability that does not have to be formally recognized or structural.
Discretion is not doing as you please. Discretion is bounded by norms. The future of policing as a profession depends upon whether discretion can be put to good use. Two problems impending police professionalization, however, in that there are few uncontroversial areas in police work, than in other professions. Sometimes the public wants no enforcement, and other times they want strict enforcement. Citizens will scream false arrest in the first case, and some groups may file a write of mandamus in the second case.
Decision elements are grouped into three categories and summarized below: Offender variablespolice take adult complaints more seriously than those made by juveniles. Arrest and force is more likely to be used against African Americans. Citizens who show deference (good demeanor) toward police are treated more leniently. People in middle upper income brackets receive...
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Calie and Violet continue their journey cross country as they attempt to
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Silver Sport Transmissions took to YouTube recently to showcase a beautiful 1976 F-100 equipped with its new Tremec TKO five-speed PerfectFit kit and hydraulic actuator kit. Jeff Kauffman, Silver Sport Transmissions VP of Sales and Marketing, brought us along for the ride.
Silver Sport Transmissions PerfectFit Kits are advertised as being the "simplest and most cost-effective way to convert to a modern overdrive." The case and tailhousings of the transmission are CNC-machined to create a streamlined final product, and the included compact shifters provide seamless fit and quality.
As we watch Jeff row through the gears in the old '76, it's obvious just how smooth the Ford truck shifts. At one point, Jeff is shifting with one finger, showcasing an ease of use that wouldn't have been possible with the original Toploader four-speed.
Jeff also reminds us that Silver Sport Transmissions allow for flexible shifter location. In essence, you can position the shifter where you find it most comfortable during installation.
Silver Sport Transmissions promises that when you convert to the company's Tremec TKO five-speed transmissions, you'll enjoy a 30- to 50-percent increase in fuel economy, as well as low-RPM cruising in comfort, reduced engine wear, cooler operating temperatures, plus reduced noise, vibration, and harshness. The TKO 500 can handle 600 lb-ft of torque, and 6,200-rpm shifts, and it also comes with a one-year warranty.
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January 11th, 2016, 21:16 Posted By: wraggsterThanks to shadowprophet for this news
it's been a long time,, I wanted to post this.. but saw fit to post it here in off topic..
the ps4 has seemingly been hacked to run linux..
A video of the exploit in action can be seen below..
And here is a link to the original source.. a group called FailOverflow..
I believe a version of the exploit can be downloaded there. but it still needs a few tweeks before it will be really useful.
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Aluminum is a commodity that many people like because aluminum has the advantage of not rusting, such as: iron, when contacting with air oxygen, aluminum surface will produce a thin film that has a protective effect for aluminum from corrosion; aluminum is a bright, shinny, durable, lightweight commodity (only 1/3 of iron weight) easily to bend and stamp, laminate, it also has a characteristic that is strong heat transmition (better than copper and iron) and there is no toxic reaction to food, it is used to produce food containing or cooking tools. In addition, aluminum is now also very popular in construction, industrial goods.
Kinds of aluminum and quality requirements of aluminum goods
Basing on polishing way of product surface, there are three types of aluminum on the market, white polishing, light, we can see on surface dimly the tiny veins with certain rules, and they are the most common kinds of aluminum, with cheap price.
Polishing aluminum goods, surface is shinning like mirror, clearly light reflection; softly touching can also left traces. There are no differences in quality and using value of these two types, but each kind has its own beauty that depending on the preference of consumers. In addition, there are also types of white washing aluminum, with clear white and silver, protective film layer is rather thick, much more durable using. To protect aluminum and create various colors for the product, it is now also painted by electrostatic on aluminum goods, creating aluminum goods with a special design.
Products of these types are made from aluminum foil, processed by pressure (different from cast aluminum products, with many impurities) and the processed surface. If processing by polishing, we will have kind of shiny aluminum goods. Using oil sandpaper to polish on the aluminum surface, oil will create a protective film layer.
If processing by white washing, we will have kind of silver-white aluminum goods. White washing is used soda (NaOH) and acid nitric (NHO3) to act on the goods surface, forming a thick aluminum oxide layer (Al2O3) to protect the inside aluminum.
Every high quality aluminum goods must achieve the following three requirements:
- No defects that affecting to using time, such as: blisters, dents, cracks ... especially the disabled case stands in the bottom part of the product or the same place, but the two sides have defect.- Defects only affect to the beauty but do not affect to the durability, such as: sunspots, uneven horizontal and vertical strips ... also tobe limited. Limited level depends on levels and kinds to decide.
- Structure of parts must be balanced, durable and stable, easy to use (For example: straps, handles, lid of saucepan, pot, the assembled details of the door are not disordered, loosen) welding connections must be tight
- In addition, we can check size, thickness and weight of items to compare with standard samples (especially items are used in construction.)
Points need to note when preserving and using aluminum:
- Do not use glue or chalk to write on the surface of aluminum goods due to aluminum corrosion elements in glue and chalk, and also do not use aluminum tools to cook, wash clothes with soap because aluminum only can withstand the effects of slight alkaline type in certain extent. Similarly, do not use soap to wash regularly because it will make aluminum old quickly and destroy the shiny surface.- However, aluminum has a higher melting temperature than tin, zinc, but aluminum goods are generally thin, if it often contact with high temperatures, it will be easy tobe soft caused to warping, distortion. Therefore, it is better to avoid cooking aluminum pots on the too hot stove.
- Do not use sand, gravel, ash or metal scrubber, hard object to hit, scrape aluminum pots for shinning and nice. Because it will loss aluminum oxide layer for outside protection. If you scrape many times, this aluminum oxide layer disappears, oxide in the air will react with aluminum and it will create another aluminum oxide layer to replace, aluminum goods are getting thinner and thinner and rapid perforation.
- In case of aluminum goods are sticked with oil, grease, mucus. It is simply to wash with hot water, soak for a while, and then gets soap cloth to wash, at last using water to clean clearly. You can also use thick rice water or tea residue to wash the left mucus.
- If the surface of aluminum has white spots, it is better to use vinegar with 40% concentration to drip on it, after few minutes, getting a soft cloth to clean, not keeping so long, it will corrode aluminum goods with small holes.
- The disadvantages of aluminum is not withstanding with the acidic substances such as vinegar, lemon, star fruit, acid, salty substances such as fish sauce, salt, and calcium, sodium ... These substances corrode aluminum, reduce the life of aluminum. Therefore, do not use aluminum goods to keep or contain food and utensils have the above substances in a long time. Do not contain food that has acidic (sour soup and pickles) or salty foods (meat, fish...) over night, because these kinds of food can corrode aluminum and dissolve a part of aluminum into food. Cooking, frying, frying foods with aluminum tools, but after that it is better to move to other containers (bowls, ceramic dishes ...)
- Because aluminum is thin, easily distorted, easily perforated, so when using, avoiding dragging them on the floor or rubbing, strong collisions with other solid things. Do not high pilling aluminum too heavy, too tall or put heavy objects override on aluminum goods, it is very easy to make aluminum goods break down quickly.
- If aluminum goods have gray and white salt, it is better to clean clearly before using to cook.


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I'm back from vacation.
It's a terrible feeling - going back to work, after a magical week of no schedule, sleeping in, beach, sun, vacation food, and FUN. Just plain, old-fashioned FUN.
Now, it's back to the grind. Getting up early, putting on work clothes, going to the gym, eating sensibly. BLAH.
Why is it so depressing? It's like going back to school, only you don't get to see all your friends again and get new school supplies, but rather inherit a huge pile of emails and laundry.
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A Documentary film and recording featuring Daniel Moult.
Between about 1550 and 1830, some of the most beautiful English music was written for the organ, by composers such as Byrd, Purcell, Handel and Stanley. In the documentary The Elusive English Organ, Daniel Moult sets out to perform this repertoire on appropriate organs of the time.
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"Moult infuses an engaging film with a fascination for his subject, amply illustrated with beautifully played musical examples. … His control of historic instruments is always excellent. … The accompanying CD features appropriate music played on all the organs featured in the film."
Chris Bragg - Choir and Organ Magazine, September / October 2010
"His sheer enthusiasm for the organs and their music is extremely infectious, and this, of course, comes across on the DVD, but especially on the magnificent accompanying CD, containing definitive performances of works by Byrd, Purcell, S Wesley and Stanley amongst others...the performances...sound wonderfully natural and ebullient...Watching the DVD is a relief, especially after watching many an organ video in darker times, whose production values and camera work often owed much to the Blair Witch Project. The quality is superb, as is the recorded organ sound on the DVD, as well as, of course, the CD accompanying....Hats off to Daniel and the team for substantially raising the bar on organ DVDs. My only caveat was that I wanted more I will eagerly seek out the other DVDs from Fugue State Films in the series."
The Summer Arts Festival at St. Peter's Vauxhall is making relatively little use of its T.C. Lewis organ of 1870, for the simple reason that the instrument stands in need of much-deserved restoration.
Daniel Moult, one of the finest organists of our time, lent his advocacy to the project with a carefully crafted programme on July 6 that allowed aural glimpses - despite a leaking windchest and some very wayward intonation - of a really special organ. (The recital was preceded by the screening of a DVD played and presented by Mr Moult - The Elusive English Organ - detailing the history and repertoire of English instruments extant, preserved, bowdlerised or destroyed, from the earliest years to the Victorian era: a joy of a film that should be screened on BBC3!) Mr Moult began spiritedly with Handel's 4th Concerto as refracted through the fertile imagination of W. T. Best, including a quite impure and thorouehlv delightful cadenza. Mr Moult revelled in what is misguidedly thought of nowadays as wickedness!
Bach's 'violin' Fugue in D minor BWV539 followed in a spritely tempo that no violinist could ever hope to emulate. Two of Elgar's Vesper Voluntaries and Mendelssohn's E flat Variations were lovingly played as if part of a personal conversation in a Victorian drawing-room, and the recital concluded with an exuberant account of Dubois' very naughty Toccata. More, please!
Leslie Howard
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Cuisine is the heart of NANCY.
The restaurant is located in the center providing Contemporary American cuisine enjoyed on cozy banquettes, candle lit tables and just the right music & live piano. Abney Harper has developed fashionable, forward menus drawing from Southern and European cuisine. NANCY's carefully edited menus change frequently, offering comfortable dishes prepared with the highest quality, seasonal ingredients. NANCY offers a full service bar as well as a wine list of unique favorites, both domestic and imported.
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I moved into a new studio in June, just a couple of busy months ago. The calendar has been full of client work ever since.
How do you find the time for personal work and creative experiments? You don't. You make it. Email some people. Make a few phone calls. Put it on the calendar. If you don't, it will never happen.
A small handful of people showed up on a Tuesday morning to help me shoot the beginning of a project that they only had basic details for.
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TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Titanic Restaurant Crew - De Marsico, Signore Giovanni
- Age: 20
- Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 1892
- Place of Residence: London, England
- Embarked at: Southampton, England ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912
- Occupation: Assistant Waiter
- Department: ã la Carte Restaurant Crew
- Survived: No ( List )
- Died: 15th April, 1912 at sea
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Giovanni De Marsico boarded the Titanic at Southampton, England on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912.
Giovanni De Marsico was an Assistant Waiter aboard the Titanic, and was part of the ã la Carte Restaurant Crew.
Giovanni De Marsico was lost in the sinking of the Titanic, and his body was not recovered or identified.
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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan Health Minister Mithripala Sirisena on Friday resigned from the government and said he would run as a common opposition candidate against President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a snap election due in January.
"I am thankful for being selected as the common candidate. I will abolish the executive presidency in 100 days," Sirisena told reporters in Colombo.
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According to a recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecast, by 2015 about 70 million members of the millennial generation will enter the workforce and by 2030 will make up 75 percent of all working professionals. As managers in the acquisition profession, are you ready to lead members of this generation who have been labeled "pampered," "nurtured" and kept busy with myriad activities since they were toddlers?
Born between 1980 and 2000, as the new millennium approached, millennials have a tendency to question the status quo and hold a different set of priorities than their parents. They put less priority on careers and, instead, seek flexibility and balance of work, family and personal time.
This means they can be viewed as both high-performance and high-maintenance types. These characteristics can pose challenges to older leaders in the workforce. However, millennials' energy, enthusiasm, creativity and innovation are needed to make the acquisition community successful in a declining budget environment, while balancing developing and maintaining complex weapon and defense systems.
Let's look to the words and actions of great leaders of the past and present, from President George Washington to President Barack Obama, to provide guidance on leading millennials. These leadership skills are timeless and will benefit all leaders in any organization—military or civilian government employees or even those in the private sector.
Abraham Lincoln on Preach a Vision
During the Civil War, through his speeches, writings and conversations, Lincoln preached the vision of America that he was shaping. No matter what vision an organization selects for itself, to apply Lincoln's advice the processes and policies need to align with that vision. Millennials need a vision and a plan to achieve the vision. Millennials were raised with structured schedules, hovering parents and hands-on teachers. Therefore, it is understandable that comments about millennials include their need for structure, supervision and a clear plan for accomplishing tasks. They will look to the leader to provide a vision and execution plan just as their parents provided a vision with direction and close oversight.
Millennials also need to understand how their jobs fit into the vision of their organizations. They will not merely follow directions but want to understand how their actions support a given purpose. Leaders need to eliminate the processes or steps that add "no value" and are found redundant. Lean Six Sigma method, a collaborative team initiative for defining and eliminating waste in processes, is one tool leaders can use to streamline processes and improve worker satisfaction while reducing costs. Like Lincoln, leaders need to develop effective vision and execution plans for their organizations and rally workers around those visions and plans.
President Obama's Values
In his book The Audacity of Hope, President Obama wrote, "Our individualism has always been bound by a set of communal values, the glue upon which every healthy society depends. … We value community, the neighborliness that expresses itself through raising the barn or coaching the soccer team." Millennials are more attuned than some other generations to helping others and to community service, charitable activity, global politics and environmental issues. Many high schools require that students perform community service or be involved in social science activities in order to graduate, thereby increasing student awareness of those areas. Leaders must recognize that a job must provide workers with a sense of worth and fulfillment. Leaders need to convey the values of the organization by their leadership actions and not just their words. Leading by example will inspire millennials to embrace organizational values and provide a sense of community within the organization.
Initiatives are needed to provide a sense of community. For example, implementing environmentally "green" choices within the workplace will allow millennials to connect with the organization and to share a sense of responsibility.
Warren Buffet on Integrity
In the book, "The Warren Buffet CEO: Secrets of the Berkshire Hathaway Managers," financier Buffet recounts a memorandum he sent to all the Berkshire managers, stating, "We can afford to lose money—even a lot of money. We cannot afford to lose reputation—even a shred of reputation. Let's be sure that everything we do in business can be reported on the front page of a national newspaper in an article written by an unfriendly but intelligent reporter. In many areas, including acquisitions, Berkshire's results have benefited from its reputation, and we don't want to do anything that in any way can tarnish it."
Generating a stock price of more than $200,000 a share by the end of 2014, Berkshire Hathaway leadership has proven that integrity is not a tradeoff that works against maintaining a competitive advantage. Integrity needs to be a core value of the organization, clearly articulated from the top leadership and visibly practiced by all throughout the organization. A reputation lost is seldom recovered, and subordinates will quickly lose trust in leadership when ethics are compromised. Millennials, more than previous generations, expect an environment of honesty, trust and integrity in the workplace and all organizational dealings.
Colin Powell on the Clash of Ideas
In the book, Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell, the former secretary of state said to his new staff at the State Department: "You will find an open style, you will find me bouncing in, you will find me wanting to talk to field officers. I want to hear the rough edges of all arguments. I don't want to concur things to death and coordinate things to death so I get a round pebble instead of a stone that has edges on it. I want to hear from you, I want to get all the great ideas that exist throughout the Department."
Millennials want to be heard. They want to know the reason for everything. They don't merely take direction but want to know the reason for the request and the ultimate goal. They tend to be outspoken since they were raised to be confident and to share their feelings and ideas.
Leaders need to recognize that millennials may not have much experience but do have a great many opinions and expect to be able to voice those opinions. Powell encouraged employees to tell him the bad as well as the good news. Leaders need to express the desire for openness and an acceptance of opposing opinions. Don't underestimate the workforce members' ability to acquire knowledge based on experience. Millennials can use their tech savvy to very effectively chase down information. Although they may have little experience, they can prove very knowledgeable as a result of Internet surfing and an expanded social network.
George Washington and Walking Around
During the Revolutionary War, General George Washington was known to invite his officers to dine with him in order to maintain communication. Why? This practice made it possible for everyone to know each other better, to understand what they had in common and to discuss their differences. In this way, they built mutual trust, respect and confidence. As the top leader, Washington could assess his people's abilities—their strengths, skills and weaknesses. Leaders need to know their employees.
Millennials are social creatures, due to coming of age when cellphones were available. They have experienced constant interaction with their parents and will expect that connection with their workplace leaders. And their leaders will need to get out of their offices and spend time "with the troops," just as Washington did with the Continental Army. This interaction will improve rapport with and appreciation of each team member.
J.W. Marriott on Communication
In his book, The Spirit to Serve the Marriott Way, J.W. Marriott stated: "After more than forty years in business, I've concluded that listening is the single most important on-the-job skill that a good manager can cultivate. A leader who doesn't listen well risks missing critical information, losing (or never winning) the confidence of staff and peers, and forfeiting the opportunity to be a proactive, hands-on manager."
Leaders are expected to be good communicators but few realize the need to be good listeners.
Leaders need to listen to their employees to gain a level of competence and experience that the leader acting alone may lack. In time, problems faced by organizations will become ever more challenging. The creativity of the millennials will bring a new perspective to resolving those problems.
Jack Welch on "Fail Your Way to Success"
Former General Electric Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch survived a few failures, even blowing up a pilot plant in an incident involving a bad chemical reaction. Welch likens himself to inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who failed his way to success. Unless one takes calculated risks, innovation will never happen. The millennial generation is willing to test the limits and needs leaders who will allow them to take risks. This generation needs to be taught how to take calculated risks and how to learn from their mistakes. Leaders can accomplish this by choosing tasks that are challenging yet within the employee's skill level, rewarding innovation while tolerating failures and encouraging people to see the possibilities inherent in change.
Leaders need to be learners—learning new information and new skills and learning from their mistakes.
Winston Churchill on Innovation
Although known as a great leader, Britain's World War II prime minister also is considered a great innovator. He produced a constant stream of ideas for inventions. Although some were considered impractical, many were both useful and realistic. Millennials are tech savvy. They are tech gurus who can process information on the Internet with lightning speed. A 12-year-old can take a new, never-played video game out of the carton, pop it into the game box and operate it immediately. Previous generations would have read the manual page by page before pushing the first button. The younger generations acquire, retain and correlate information faster than the boomer generation can comprehend. The younger generations have developed electronic intuition and are screaming for opportunities to innovate. Leaders merely need to provide the environment for them to be creative.
Theodore Roosevelt on Fun at Work
President Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his autobiography that, "the joy of life is a very good thing, and while work is essential in it, play also has its place. … I have enjoyed myself in the White House more than I have ever known any other President to enjoy himself." Roosevelt understood that the workplace should be fun, or one either is not doing it well or is not suited for the job. Leaders should find their jobs interesting and enjoyable, and they should convey this to their employees. Millennials want their jobs to be interesting—and fun. Most of all, they want an employer who puts these concerns first.
Whereas baby boomers born after World War II and before the early 1960s and "generation X" employees born between 1960 and 1980 saw their goals in life as one of progressively improving in their jobs, millennials strive to learn the job quickly and then move on to learning something new. They will become bored by mundane jobs that previous generations accepted as part of life. Leaders need to strive to keep the job challenging and to provide opportunities to all for continuous learning.
Donald Rumsfeld on Bureaucracy and Pragmatic Leadership
No one better understands how difficult change is in a bureaucratic organization than does former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. A 2006 article in the journal Strategic Forum (Number 221) of the Institute for National Strategic Security Studies at the National Defense University, "Reforming Pentagon Strategic Decisionmaking" (Christoper J. Lam, Irving Lachow), summarized a Sept. 10, 2001, Rumsfeld speech. Rumsfeld described the Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy, arguing that it disrupts the defense of the United States and risks the lives of servicemen and -women. In the 2002 book by Jeffrey Kramer, The Rumsfeld Way, the former defense secretary is quoted as saying, "It's been a process of trying to not change things for the sake of changing things, but to get a sense of what's coming down the track on the freight train. And trying to figure out a way in which you can affect that without waiting two years."
Millennials emphasize earning respect based on skills, abilities and accomplishments. They look for jobs that provide opportunities to share ideas, accelerate advancement, learn continuously and allow alternate work schedules. Millennials are not conformists. They have high expectations of what the organization and its leadership should provide. They are perceived as requiring high maintenance, more than any other in workforce history. They want feedback now. They want training now. They want recognition now. And they want to create the lifestyle they desire—now. If managers can learn how to harness their energy and coach them effectively, these young employees have the potential to be the highest-producing generation ever.
Bureaucracy, which tends to be the norm in government and the military, will prove to be a demotivator for this generation. It will kill their enthusiasm. For a generation that asks why about everything, an answer of "because that's how we do it" will create frustration. Millennials believe life and work are about flexibility, individuality and creativity; therefore, they will expect considerable tailoring of policies and processes to achieve the greatest effectiveness. They will expect leadership and coworkers to think and not just follow the established procedures.
Leading Millennials
These timeless perspectives on leadership will "bring out the best" from the millennial generation and benefit every generation. Millennials are fluent in technology, possess great business acumen and have a firm grasp of money matters. Multitasking is second nature to them. They have been raised to juggle extracurricular activities, active social calendars, school and homework, part-time jobs and volunteer programs—and to do it all successfully. They manage social media circles around the world through community websites. Their sociability feeds a desire to support working as a group in order increase productivity. They are optimistic, confident and goal oriented. Millennials are not the problem; they are the solution.
The millennial generation will be the generation of change. The millennials' desire to break the stereotypical norms of the previous generations, and their energy to do so, will shake up business as well as government and the military. Their appreciation of flexibility, their tech savvy, their ability to learn quickly and their desire to serve and make the world a better place are qualities that should not be wasted by organizational rigidity. Organizations need to change to meet the challenges of the future, and millennials bring the skills and abilities to make the government and military successful. In Powell's words, "Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible." Millennials thrive on leadership. The organizations that figure this out will be very successful in the future.